Bernadette Strachan (née Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of "chick lit".
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 Strachan in 2014 | |
| Born | 27 December 1962 Fulham, London, England |
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| Period | 2002–present |
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Biography
editStrachan was born in Fulham, London, into an Irish Catholic family.[1] Her Irish background is often incorporated into her writing, particularly in the semi-autobiographical musical Next Door's Baby which was written for London's Orange Tree Theatre with Matthew Strachan.[2] Prior to becoming an author, she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.[3]
Her first novel, The Reluctant Landlady, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2004. Since then she has published three further novels with the same publisher. In 2009, her fifth book, How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life, followed in 2010 by Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, were both published by Little, Brown. In 2013, her seventh novel, The Valentine's Card, was published by Little, Brown, under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton.
She has written a further three novels as Juliet Ashton for Simon & Schuster and four novels as Claire Sandy for Pan Macmillan. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan.[4] In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M. B. Vincent.[5]
Bibliography
edit- The Reluctant Landlady (2004)[6]
- Handbags and Halos (2005)[7]
- Diamonds and Daisies (2007)[8]
- Little White Lies (2008)[9]
- How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life (2009)[10]
- Why Do We Have to Live with Men? (2010)[11]
- The Valentine's Card (2013)[12]
- What Would Mary Berry Do? (2014)[13]
- A Very Big House in the Country (2015)[14]
- Snowed in for Christmas (2015)[15]
- These Days of Ours (2016)[16]
- A Not Quite Perfect Family (2017)[17]
- The Woman at Number 24 (2017)[18]
- The Sunday Lunch Club (2018)[19]
- Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death (2018)[20]
Theatre Works
edit- Next Door's Baby (2006)
- About Bill (2011)[21]
References
edit- ^ "Biography from the author's site". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Next Door's Baby, review in The Times, 13 February 2008
- ^ Hodder & Stoughton author biography[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bernie Strachan Website". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ Simon & Schuster announcement in Book Brunch
- ^ The Reluctant Landlady Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
- ^ Handbags and Halos Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
- ^ Diamonds and Daisies Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
- ^ Little White Lies Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
- ^ How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Little, Brown
- ^ Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, Little, Brown
- ^ The Valentine's Card, Little, Brown
- ^ What Would Mary Berry Do?, Pan Macmillan
- ^ A Very Big House In The Country, Pan Macmillan
- ^ Snowed In For Christmas, Pan Macmillan
- ^ These Days of Ours, Simon & Schuster
- ^ A Not Quite Perfect Family, Pan Macmillan
- ^ The Woman at Number 24, Simon & Schuster
- ^ The Sunday Lunch Club, Simon & Schuster
- ^ Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death, Simon & Schuster
- ^ interview, Whatsonstage